16-Dec-2007
Chief Secretary L K Tripathy on Sunday held discussions with the top officials of the Chennai airport over the subject of land acquisition for its expansion project.
Though the Central government has come forward to implement the project, due to stiff opposition, it was temporarily shelved.
Nearly 50,000 families who would be affected during the acquisition of land had staged protests against the expansion project of the airport.
Also, political parties including the AIADMK and the PMK have joined the fray lending support to the local people who would be dislocated if the authorities moved ahead with the land acquisition.
With strong resistance from people, the airport management had decided to put off land acquisition. But the State government came forward to provide land in an alternate site at Manappakam for the airport management.
Tripathy visited the airport and held talks with higher officials of the airport management on the issue of expansion project including the sensitive topic of land acquisition for over one-hour, according to sources.
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Monday, December 17, 2007
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Hey is it expansion at the cost of lesser mortals?
There are 6-7 5 star hotels near meenambakkam. Will the government pay heed to the middle clas cries? If they build a green field airport at Sriperumbudur, why the need for expansion at meenambakkam? I see sinister design as a new int'l airport would mean reduction of income for the 5 star hotels! Are the hotels by proxy pushing the TN Govt for meenambakkam expansion?
Moreover one question remains. Anyway the airport requires 4000+acres. Present airport is approx 1200 acres and a further 1070 acres in addition will only make it 2270 acres! Will it suffice? Or will the TN govt ask for more land in the next adjoining areas after this expansion?
Does it sound like the familiar camel in the tent story?
Will then the now happier pozhichalur and cowl bazar residents have any cause for cheer?
The present airport expansion will not only cause inundation in the adjoining areas as recently seen in the past 3-4 days of incessant rain in the areas,the new runway will become weak and will it be ready to receive the boeing 787 and Airbus 380 in fuure? i think the plan is extremly shortsighted, and dangerous and anti-people.
Please common man think.
Only a greenfield airort at Sriperumbudur for which land has already been acquired will help. No use troubling the middle class. Let more international 5 star hotels come near Sriperumbudur.
Please TN govt develop Sriperumbudur. Chennai is aready choked. Please dont add more carbon by increasing air traffic in Meenambakkam.
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